With "Sleep Now, Quiet Forest", the American female singer Laurie Ann Haus is finally back in front of the Metal scene. Her last EP with Todesbonden was out in 2004 and this is only four years later that the band finally releases their first official album. One more time, Laurie will invite you in a magical journey in the world of Gothic music and definitely you'll not have the right to decline it.

A painfully boring and bland album. Can't enjoy this one even slightly.

Winterheir - 20.07.2014 at 05:46

This is such a painfully overlooked band though I think part of the reason is because Todesbonden is "marketed" towards the wrong crowd. It seems most people that have looked into this group have been looking for something akin to Nightwish or the many other symphonic metal bands but, really, this is music much more along the lines of Empyrium or Agalloch. One can expect a very solemn yet vivid nature-based atmosphere harkening back to the medieval days of yore ... the compositions are textured, thought-out, dynamic and engaging without ever reaching any sort of level of pomp or pretentiousness.

I recommend this highly to anyone with an ear for unique and atmospheric metal - this is truly a gem and one worth seeking out!

Part of me thinks you secretly wanted to dislike this album just so you could make that joke.

Admittedly, making that joke is part of why I bothered with this. The fact that I was proven right and did indeed get to make the joke was a nice reward for my efforts. I probably should've taken the hint at "atmospheric gothic metal" because that clearly sounds like something I wouldn't like, so maybe that was douche-y on my part.